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A. RINTE LMAN.

FOLDING STOOL.

No. 282,371; Patented July 31 1883.

u. PETERS Phowmrw n w. Washing I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUST .RINTELMAN, OF MILWVAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOSTANLEY S. STOUT AND HAROLD G. UNDER\VOOD,OF, SAMEPLAOE.

FOLDING STOOL.

srnorrrcnrrolv forming part of LetterszfPatent No. 282,371,.dated July31-, 1883. Application filed August 253, 1882. (No model.)

To to whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST RINTELMAN, of Milwaukee, in the county ofMilwaukee, and in the State of Wisconsin, have invented cer- 5 tain newand useful Improvements in Folding Stools; andI do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof. I

. My invention consists in a folding stool of IO improved construction,and will be fully dep scribed hereinafter.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my improved stoolfFigs. 2, 3, and 4 are details;

I 5 I usually make the standard of my improved which are rigidlyattached to the said section,

and between the flanges of collar 0, I pivot arms B, the upper ends ofwhich are formed with hooks B to receive metallic loops 0, that projectfrom the corners of the flexible seat D. The upper half of each arm B isnotched, as shown at d, and between the flanges of collar 0-, I pivotbraces E, the outer ends of which are slotted, as shown at e, and areformed with i 5 knife-edges at the inner termination of the slots, asshown at c, Fig. 2 and when the stool is put together each of the arms Bis passed up through one of the slots '6, and the knife-edge e of eachslot is then in position to 0 engage with the notches d on the arm B,which passes through that particular slot, when the said arms B are inposition to receive the fieXible seat D, and thus the arms are bracedapart,

as shown in Fig. 1. The seat may be made to sag more or less byadjusting the knife-edges of the braces upand down in the notches on thearms B. To fold the arms it is only necessary to raise braces E, so astoremove the seat D, and then to lift section A from section'A and turnit upside down, when the braces will slide down on the arms B, and thearms and braces will fold together. The lower section,

"A, and between its flanges has pivoted four braces, F, andto the outeror lower ends ofth ese braces I pivot arms F, as shown best inFig. 4,that extend inward to the collar f, where they are pivoted between itsflanges in a shot lar manner, and which arms rest on the floor orgroundto support the stool when in use. This is the position the armsand braces occupy when the stool is ready for its occupant, its

.arms F resting upon the ground or: floor; but

if the section A should be lifted off and the section A turned upsidedown the collar f will slide toward the oollarf and permit the bracesand arms to fold together. The sections A and A may nowbe placed sidebyside and wrapped about with the flexible seat D to I form a compactbundle-such as may be carried in the hand or ina. valise, lunch-basket,or fishermans creel. As I said before, the

spindle (1, fits loosely in the hub b when the stool is set up, andtherefore the occupant may swinghimself or herself about without movingthe base of the stool; but while I prefer to make my stool in twosections, it isbbvious that I may make the standard in one solid piecefrom top to bottom without departing from the spirit of my invention.

. H H are pins extending through or from the sides of the arms B, andtheir function is to prevent the slotted ends of the braces E fromsliding below the point of location of said pins on the said arms whenthe seat D is re moved preparatory to folding up the stool.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters 9 5 Patent, is-- 1. Ina folding stool, the combinationof the standard A, fixed collars c c, and pivoted braces E, havingslotted ends a, with interior knife-edges, c, with the pivoted arms B,which pass through the slots 6, and are provided with notches d forengagement with the described knife-edges e, and pins H, all arrangedand adapted to operate substantially as set forth.

2. Ina folding stool, the combination, with a standard, of lower andupper flanged stationary collars, with notched arms and slotted bracespivoted, respectively, thereto, the said arms moving within the .slotsin the said braces, which are provided with knife-edges 6 within saidslots to engage with the notches in the said arms, as set forth.

3. In a folding stool, the pivoted arms 13, hooked at B and notched atd, in combination with pivoted braces E, standard-section A, andflexible seat D, as set forth.

4. In a folding stool, the lower standard-section, A, sliding collar. f,stationary collar f,

" arms F and braces F all combined and )lV- AUGUST RINTELMAN.

Witnesses:

S. S. STOUT, H. G. UNnERwooD.

